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27/04/2010
ROCHESTER OPEN
Abdel Gawad Wins Rochester Pro-Am
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Rochester
ProAm 2010
20-25 Apr, Rochester, USA, $6k |
Round One
22 Apr |
Quarters
23 Apr |
Semis
24 Apr |
Final
25 Apr |
[1] Cesar Salazar (Mex)
11-8, 11-4, 11-8 (48m)
Benjamin Fischer (Sui) |
Cesar Salazar
11-8, 11-6, 11-6 (36m)
Matthew Serediak |
Cesar Salazar
11-9, 13-11, 5-11, 2-11, 11-6 (91m)
Tom Pashley |
Tom Pashley
1-11, 11-9, 12-10, 11-8 (65m)
Karim Abdel Gawad |
[6] Matthew Serediak (Can)
11-5, 11-2, 11-8 (32m)
Rory Pennell (Eng) |
[4] Eric Tepos Valtiera (Mex)
12-10, 11-8, 11-7 (66m)
Josh Cardwell (Aus) |
Eric Tepos Valtiera
11-6, 11-7, 11-3 (42m)
Tom Pashley |
[7] Tom Pashley (Eng)
11-9, 14-12, 11-3 (45m)
Dave Glass (Can) |
[Q] Fred Reid (Can)
11-6, 11-6, 11-4 (30m)
[5] Wade Johnstone (Aus) |
Wade Johnstone
12-10, 11-9, 11-8 (50m)
James Snell |
James Snell
6-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-6 (52m)
Karim Abdel Gawad |
[Q] Luke Forster (Aus)
7-11, 11-6, 11-1, 11-9 (43m)
[3] James Snell (Eng) |
[Q] Jonathan Ramos (Mex)
11-6, 9-11, 7-11, 11-4, 11-7 (62m)
[8] Fabien Verseille (Fra) |
Fabien Verseille
9-11, 6-11, 11-4, 12-10, 11-3 (75m)
Karim Abdel Gawad |
[Q] Olivier Pett (Eng)
14-12, 7-11, 10-12, 11-7, 11-9 (111m)
[2] Karim Abdel Gawad (Egy) |
Abdel Gawad
Wins Rochester Pro-Am
Egyptian
teenager Karim Abdel Gawad celebrated the fourth PSA World Tour
title of his career in the USA when he beat England's Tom Pashley in the
final of the Rochester Pro-Am, a $6,750 Satellite event in its sixth year
at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York.
Gawad, the
youngest player in the event, reached the final after beating England's third
seed James Snell in the semis - but the 18-year-old from Cairo first had
to overcome determined resistance from another Englishman Olivier Pett
before beating the qualifier in a close-fought five-game first round match which
lasted 111 minutes.
Seventh seed
Tom Pashley enjoyed one his best ever performances on the PSA Tour.
The 22-year-old from Sussex made his breakthrough in the quarter-finals where he
toppled the fourth seed Erik Tepos Valtierra - but saved his best for the
semis where he upset Mexican favourite Cesar Salazar, ranked more than 80
places higher in the world, in a 91-minute marathon.
And Pashley
romped to a first game win over Gawad, dropping just one point. But the Egyptian
youngster bounced back to take the next three games to win 1-11, 11-9, 12-10,
11-8 in 65 minutes.
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